More than 150 years after Darwin’s finches helped reshape biology, Galápagos plants are exposing another evolutionary ...

A fossil overlooked for nearly 80 years has revealed a previously unknown crocodile relative that lived 210 million years ago ...

A compound in rice bran may help calm an overactive gut by reducing the calcium signals that cause intestinal muscles to contract. Ferulic acid suppressed contractions triggered by several chemical ...

Researchers have developed a light-driven method for creating tiny, high-energy “housane” molecules that are valuable for drug development and materials science. These compact ring-shaped structures ...

A liquid brushed onto cavities in seconds may spare many young children from pain, infection, and surgery. A major U.S. trial ...

Signals traveling from the gut to the brain may help turn meals into lasting memories. Rats showed stronger memory activity ...

Ultrafast X-rays revealed how a molecule converts absorbed light into motion in just trillionths of a second. Individual ...

Taking a daily multivitamin may help older adults preserve the strength and stamina needed for everyday activities. After three years, users reported better functional health than those taking a ...

Sleeping well during a heatwave starts with stopping the home from overheating. Close blinds against strong sunlight, ...

NASA’s Swift Observatory observed a supermassive black hole ripping apart a star more than 30,000 light-years from the center ...

Deep beneath submarine volcanoes, Earth may be running a natural “gold kitchen.” By analyzing volcanic glass from the ...

As Mohenjo-daro prospered, the gap between its richest and poorest households actually shrank. Its shared infrastructure, fair trade systems, and lack of powerful royal elites suggest that equality ...